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1920-23 


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Dare  County  Officials 


Former  County  Board  of  Education 

R.  C.  Evans  1906-1923 

S.  A.  Griffin  1907- 

T.  J.  Fulcher  1919-1923 


1923  Board  of  Education 
S.  A.  Griffin 

R.  C.  Evans  (resigned  July,  1923) 
O.  C.  Eulcher 
C.  E.  Payne 
I.  H.  Scarborough 


County  Superintendent  of  Schools 
Mabel  A.  Evans 

Treasurer  Sheriff 

A.  C.  Hassell  E.  D.  Farrow 

County  Health  Officer 
Dr.  W.  W.  Johnston 


Superintendent  of  Public  Welfare 
Mabel  A.  Evans 

County  Commissioners 

M.  L.  Daniels  E.  FT.  Baum 

W.  S.  Davis  Melvin  Hooper  I.  B.  Austin 

Register  of  Deeds 

J.  B.  Dailey 


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The  Echo  —  Nineteen 


Hundred  and  Twenty-three 


DARE  COUNTY 


r  HE  map  as  frontispiece  of  this  Record  will  show  that  Dare  County,  though  small  in  population,  is  great  in  expanse  of 
water,  stretches  of  beach,  broad  swamps,  and  number  of  islands. 

To  the  mind  of  the  legislator  and  the  statistician,  Dare  would  come  under  the  class  of  the  smaller  counties  of  North 
Carolina.  Yet  when  measured  in  miles  it  covers  more  space  than  any  other  county  in  this  State. 

Its  communities  are  centered  around  locations  rich  with  legend  and  historical  records. 

The  charm  of  the  coast  of  this  section  drew  exploring  parties  of  Queen  Elizabeth’s  day,  and  the  first  colonies  following 

up  the  glowing  descriptions  of  the  explorers,  Amadas  and  Barlow,  attempted  three  times  to  settle  on  Roanoke  Island.  The 

climate  bordering  on  the  semi-tropical  that  attracted  the  colonists  of  that  day  has  little  changed  and  the  people  living  in 
Dare  County  today  are  inclined  to  the  idle  ease  that  the  bounty  of  a  mild  climate  brings  about. 

For  ten  or  twelve  miles  above  Hatteras  one  finds  in  abundance  the  palmetto  and  other  semi-tropical  plants  growing  wild. 

The  winter  of  Dare  County  seldom  brings  snow.  The  gulf  stream  tempers  the  climate  from  Caffey’s  Inlet  to  Hatteras. 

The  people  of  Dare  County  are  generally  of  pure  old  English  descent.  Frequently  one  finds  in  portions  of  the  county 

the  cockney  accent  of  the  rural  sections  of  England. 

The  possible  industries  of  Dare  County  are  largely  undeveloped.  For  generations  the  people  have  lived  chiefly  on  fish¬ 
ing,  and  government  service  in  light  house  and  coast  guard. 

The  abundance  of  marsh  grass  for  pasturage  and  the  mild  climate  has  made  the  banks  noted  for  its  wild  ponies  in  years 
past  and  now  for  its  droves  of  cattle  roaming  up  and  down  the  beaches  and  sound  side.  Stock  raising,  an  industry  in  its  in¬ 
fancy  in  Dare  County  now  might  be  profitably  developed.  Fruit  growing  also  is  an  industry  in  its  beginning.  The  soil  in 
the  greater  part  of  the  county  has  been  found  to  he  adapted  to  the  fig  of  a  number  of  varieties.  Peaches,  pears,  grapes  grow 
in  abundance  with  very  slight  or  no  cultivation.  Outside  capitalists  are  beginning  to  take  an  interest  in  the  development  of 


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these  fruits  that  will  soon  add  much  to  Dare  County’s  finan¬ 
cial  resources.  The  shipping  of  oysters,  fish  and  crabs  has 
grown  to  such  an  extent  that  legislative  measures  have  been 
undertaken  to  prevent  a  depletion  of  the  supply  at  its 
source.  Thousands  of  bushels  of  seed  oysters  were  planted  in 
Dare  County  during  1922. 

The  game  has  for  some  years  brought  sportsmen  from 
various  parts  of  the  country  to  the  gunning  clubs.  As  a 


Wireless  Telegraphy  and  • 

In  1900  the  world  was  looking  on  wireless  telegraphy  as 
an  hallucination  of  a  dreamer.  Yet  at  that  date  from  a 
small  experiment  station  on  the  north  end  of  Roanoke  Island 
wireless  messages  were  being  sent  to  and  received  from  a 
similar  station  located  at  Hatteras.  These  stations  were 
carried  on  with  government  aid  and  with  the  inventions  and 
experiments  of  Dr.  R.  A.  Fessenden  and  Mr.  A.  H.  Thiessen. 
These  two  scientists  with  employed  helpers  spent  months  on 
Roanoke  Island  perfecting  instruments  that  were  later  used 
with  the  Marconi  system.  Today  at  the  Cape  Hatteras  Point 
a  modern  radio,  and  a  compass  station  connected  with  the 
United  States  Navy,  hold  the  banner  for  efficiency  on  the 
southern  coast. 


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resort  for  summer  and  winter  there  are  sections  of  Dare 
County  that  are  unexcelled. 

Dare  County  with  its  wonders  in  climate  and  resources  as 
well  as  beauty  of  location  only  lacks  for  its  development  more 
citizens  with  a  vision,  and  a  determination  to  carry  their 
vision  through,  a  greater  cooperation  between  its  communi¬ 
ties  and  a  more  open  cooperative  welcome  to  those  outside 
forces  which  bring  in  financial  aid  and  industrial  growth. 


Aeroplane  in  its  Begining 

Kill  Devil  Hill,  a  high  sand  dune  across  Roanoke  Sound 
from  Manteo  was  used  in  1908  for  the  first  successful  “step 
off”  on  an  aeroplane.  The  Wright  brothers  with  a  jealously 
guarded  seclusion  made  their  experiments  in  this  location 
at  intervals  for  two  years,  and  in  1908  succeeded  in  flying 
for  several  hundred  yards.  This  early  flying  machine  was 
not  propelled  by  an  engine,  and  the  coast  guard  men  tell  of 
an  incident  when  one  of  them  was  earnestly  aiding  Orville 
Wright  to  push  the  plane  off  and  was  caught  up  with  it  in 
a  gust  of  wind.  He  made  a  flight  without  injury,  but  was 
too  startled  to  appreciate  the  novelty  of  it. 

There  is  scarcely  a  doubt  but  what  in  a  very  few  years 
the  hydroplane  will  be  a  common  mode  of  travel  in  Dare 
County  and  will  be  a  force  in  the  development  of  the  county 
that  the  present  means  of  transportation  could  never  be. 


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Oi.d  Type  School  (In  Southern  Dare) 


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The  Educational  Growth  in  Dare  County 

1922-23 


The  educational  growth  of  Dare  County  has  been  marked 
in  three  lines.  First:  In  the  spirit  of  the  people  toward 
education.  In  referring  to  the  people  one  is  not  consider¬ 
ing.  that  element  which  spend  a  great  part  of  its  existence 
in  fighting  any  project  that  might  be  an  innovation  to  the 
old  line  of  things,  hut  to  those  masses  of  people  who  quietly 
work  for  the  good  of  the  whole.  This  spirit  has  been  mani¬ 
fest  in  the  success  of  the  county  and  the  group  commence¬ 
ments  held  in  the  county  during  the  past  three  years,  in  the 
work  of  the  health  campaign  and  tonsilar  clinic,  in  the  com¬ 
munity  aid  given  in  supporting  the  teachers  meetings,  in 
painting  and  improving  school  buildings  and  supplying 
equipment. 

Second :  This  growth  has  been  manifest  in  the  improve¬ 
ment  of  the  schools  and  their  surroundings.  With  the  excep¬ 
tion  of  two  buildings  which  are  to  be  replaced  this  year  with 
new  ones  every  school  building  controlled  by  the  Dare  County 


Board  of  Education  has  had  repairs  or  paint,  or  been  re¬ 
built  entirely. 

Third:  The  growth  in  efficiency  of  the  school  room  work 
has  been  strikingly  obvious. 

In  the  fall  of  1920  there  were  few  if  any  class  rooms  in 
the  county  where  the  requirements  for  standard  grades  were 
understood  and  carried  out.  When  a  child  plodded  through 
a  second  reader  he  took  up  a  third  reader  and  so  on.  Often 
he  was  picking  out  the  words  of  the  lessons  of  the  fourth 
grade  reader  wdien  he  understood  little  or  nothing  of  what 
he  read  and  was  not  equal  to  a  present  second  grade  child 
in  language  work.  The  earnest  work  of  a  group  of  loyal 
teachers  with  the  aid  of  summer  schools  and  teachers  meet¬ 
ings  has  raised  the  standard  until  the  average  child  in  a 
Dare  County  school  can  compete  with  the  children  of  stand¬ 
ard  grades  elsewhere. 

The  following  statistics  show  the  improvement  in  the  teach¬ 
ing  force: 


White  Teachers 


No.  of  teachers  2d  grade  certificate 

No.  of  teachers  inexperienced . 

No.  of  inexperienced  teachers  with 
three  years  or  less  high  school 

training  . 

No.  of  provisional  certificates . 

No.  teachers  with  one  to  four  years 

college  training . 

Experienced  elementary  teachers.... 
Experienced  grammar  grade  or  high 

school  . 

Teachers  having  taught  in  Dare 
County  two  to  five  years . 


1921-22  1922-23  1923-24 
20  0  0 

19  8  6 


15  0  0 

4  11  3 

8  14  23 

14  27  16 

2  8  13 

11  27  24 


The  improvement  in  the  teaching  force  has  been  aided 
largely  by  the  Dare  County  Summer  School  in  1920,  1921, 
1922  as  well  as  by  the  interest  the  teachers  have  shown  in 
attending  State  summer  schools.  Eor  the  past  three  school 
terms  approximately  50  per  cent  of  the  teachers  have  re¬ 
turned  to  the  county  for  the  second,  third  or  more  years 
work.  This  has  been  a  difficult  accomplishment  due  to  the 


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Colored  Teachers 


No.  of  teachers  2d  grade  certificate 

No.  of  teachers  inexperienced . 

No.  of  provisional  certificate . 

One  to  four  years  college  training 

Experienced  elementary . . 

Experienced  grammar  grade  or  high 

school  . 

No.  of  teachers  in  Dare  County 
from  two  to  five  years . 


1921-22  1922-23  1923-24 
0  0  0 

0  0  0 

Oil 
111 
2  11 

111 

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isolated  conditions  of  many  of  the  districts.  A  number  of 
the  best  teachers  come  from  distant  localities  with  a  sense 
of  adventure  and  the  idea  of  living  on  the  coast  for  a  year. 
When  these  are  held  over  year  after  year  the  gain  in  the 
school  work  is  noticeable.  A  large  number  of  the  native 
young  people  have  been  trained  as  teachers  and  these  are 
very  loyal  to  the  county  school  welfare. 


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Due  to  the  geographical  location  of  Dare  County  the  num¬ 
ber  of  schools  is  large  in  comparison  to  the  school  popula¬ 
tion  and  the  expense  of  carrying  on  the  small  school  great 
in  proportion  to  the  efficiency  of  the  training  the  children 
receive.  Consolidation  to  any  large  degree  is  impossible. 
A  scheme,  however,  for  giving  all  children  a  chance  at  high 
school  is  being  worked  out.  In  districts  where  there  are 
four  or  five  teachers  eight  and  nine  grades  will  be  taught, 
forming  junior  high  schools.  Such  consolidation  as  is  pos- 


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sible  to  organize  these  junior  high  schools  will  be  made.  In 
several  localities  there  are  possibilities  of  these  junior  high 
schools  becoming  in  time  standard  eleven  grade  high  schools. 
Under  the  present  conditions  a  central  high  school  will  re¬ 
ceive  the  students  from  these  schools  and  board  them  in  a 
school  dormitory  at  cost,  or  below  if  the  same  appropria¬ 
tions  made  for  transporting  these  children  can  be  made  for 
boarding  them.  At  present  the  Manteo  High  School  is  the 
central  high  school.  This  school  is  at  the  county  seat,  the 
center  of  the  largest  population  of  the  county. 


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Virginia  Dare,  Daughter  of  Eleanor  ani>  Ananias  Dare.  Born  18th  of  August,  1587 
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Growth  of  Individual  Schools 


Until  1921-22  Dare  County  was  literally  without  a  stand¬ 
ard  liigli  school  where  any  child  of  the  county  at  minimum 
expense  could  get  high  school  education.  The  students  gradu¬ 
ating  in  the  only  high  school,  that  of  Manteo,  were  handi¬ 
capped  for  college  entrance  or  teaching. 

After  quite  a  bit  of  effort  on  the  part  of  the  community 
of  Manteo,  the  teachers  and  the  school  officials,  the  school 
at  Manteo  came  up  to  the  requirements  in  academic  work 
and  equipment,  and  was  granted  a  $1,200  high  school  ap¬ 
propriation  from  the  State.  The  school  was  then  placed  on 
the  accredited  list  of  State  high  schools.  Graduate  stu¬ 
dents  of  this  school  may  now  enter  any  A  grade  college  or 
university  in  the  country,  also  may  receive  an  elementary 
teacher’s  certificate  without  State  examinations.  The  at¬ 
tendance  of  this  school  has  increased  from  25  to  65  in  the 
high  school  department.  This  school  is  now  crowded  to  its 
capacity.  One  of  its  heaviest  problems  at  present  is  not 
merely  one  of  equipment  hut  of  suitable  dormitory  space  for 
teachers  and  students.  The  community  of  Manteo  has  made 
noteworthy  effort  to  place  the  school  on  its  present  rating, 
yet,  the  task  is  only  begun  if  they  would  have  this  school 
keep  pace  with  the  growth  of  State  high  schools  elsewhere. 


Other  than  the  dire  need  of  a  student  dormitory  and  a 
teacherage  there  is  an  open  demand  for,  home  economics,  and 
industrial  training  for  the  boys.  Two  small  one-teacher 
schools,  North  End  and  Skyco,  have  been  consolidated  with 
Manteo. 

FACULTY  MANTEO  HIGH  SCHOOL 

Principal  L.  E.  Williford,  A.B . . . Wake  Forest 

Jean  Turner,  A.B . Toronto  University 

Marjaline  Tolar.. . Meredith 

Nora  Phillips . Pennsylvania  Normal 

Fannie  Long . University  of  N.  C. 

Mrs.  Essie  N.  Wescott . Georgia  Normal 

Mrs.  Naomi  D.  Wescott . . . Meredith 

Mrs.  Glenmore  K.  Grady,  East  Carolina  Teachers  College 
Holland  Wescott,  Meredith  College,  Peabody  Conservatory 

The  growth  of  the  Wanciiese  School  has  possibly  been 
greater  than  that  of  any  other  school  of  the  county  in  the 
same  length  of  time.  From  a  very  old,  inadequate  building 
the  school  has  been  moved  into  a  new  building  erected  on  a 
modern  plan.  This  building  contains  six  classrooms,  audi¬ 
torium,  office  or  library,  space  for  music  class,  adequate  cloak 


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room,  vestibules  and  porch  entrances.  It  is  a  one-story  build¬ 
ing  of  a  popular  type.  It  takes  more  than  a  building,  how¬ 
ever,  to  make  a  school  and  while  the  Wanchese  community 
was  laboring  for  a  new  school  building  the  school  itself  with 
the  earnest  support  of  parents  and  teachers  has  grown  from 
an  ungraded,  undisciplined,  dissatisfied  student  body  into  one 
where  the  children  are  organized  into  standard  grades  where 
the  school  spirit  is  of  a  type  that  impresses  even  the  casual 
visitor,  and  where  the  aspirations  of  students  and  patrons 
are  unlimited.  The  school  is  at  present  organized  into  a 
union  school.  The  grades  from  the  sixth  to  the  ninth  form 
a  junior  high  school  department  and  are  under  two  well 
trained  teachers  doing  departmental  work.  In  this  school 
the  Parent-Teachers  Association  has  been  a  vital  force  in 
its  success. 


FACULTY  WANCHESE  SCHOOL 

Principal  E.  W.  Pearson,  A.B.,  Guilford  College,  U.  N.  C. 
Miss  Mae  Bowes,  Portsmouth  High  School,  Columbia  Univ. 

Miss  Hitlda  Brinkley . : . St.  Mary's  School 

Miss  Kansas  Hooper.. . Greenville  Training  School 

Miss  Callie  Jones . Blackstone  College 

Miss  Rena  Baum . Louisburg  College 

The  Hatteras  School  in  spite  of  community  friction  re¬ 
ceived  an  inspiration  to  build  a  new  school  building  which 
is  two  thirds  complete,  and  has  been  organized  for  a  five- 


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teacher  junior  high  school  instead  of  the  inefficient  three 
teacher  school  of  1920.  It  carried  nine  grades  of  work  dur¬ 
ing  the  year  of  1922-23  against  seven  grades  in  1921-22. 
Due  to  the  insufficient  amount  of  local  tax  as  well  as  to  the 
lack  of  high  school  attendance,  the  small  State  appropria¬ 
tion  for  high  school  work  in  this  school  has  been  withdrawn 
temporarily.  However,  eight  grades  are  being  carried  on. 

The  Frisco  community  has  converted  their  school  under 
the  auspices  of  a  Parent-Teachers  Association  from  a  rough, 
neglected,  unpainted  building  with  a  careless,  indifferent 
patronage  to  a  neat,  well  painted  school,  fenced  around  and 
well  cared  for  and  where  the  children  are  interested  and 
eager  to  attend  school.  There  has  been  a  marked  change  in 
the  spirit  of  the  people  toward  school  progress.  There  has 
been  a  hearty  cooperation  with  the  teachers  in  the  support 
of  the  county  group  commencements  and  an  open  welcome 
to  the  teachers  for  teachers  meetings  held  there. 

The  Buxton  School  located  quite  near  to  the  Hatteras 
Cape  Point  has  three  teachers  and  under  the  continued  prin- 
cipalship  of  Mr.  Charlie  P.  Gray  has  increased  in  efficiency 
in  school  work,  has  improved  their  building  by  receiling  and 
painting  it  inside  and  out,  has  added  library,  and  for  the 
coming  year  has  a  program  for  improvement  that  would  be 
a  credit  to  any  rural  school.  For  three  years  Buxton  as  a 
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has  been  generous  host  to  teachers  meetings  and  to  a  suc¬ 
cessful  group  commencement. 

The  Avon  School  has  been  enlarged  from  a  three  to  a  four- 
teacher  school,  one  room  has  been  added  to  the  building  and 
the  building  painted.  There  is  an  open  possibility  for  strik¬ 
ing  growth  in  this  school.  A  large  part  of  the  work  done 
on  this  school  has  been  due  to  the  earnest  cooperation  of  a 
number  of  the  citizens  of  this  community  and  an  undaunted 
school  committee.  The  principal  of  the  school,  Mr.  L.  S. 
Miller,  has  been  a  loyal  worker  in  the  Dare  County  school 
system  for  some  years.  One  small  school  has  been  consoli¬ 
dated  with  the  Avon  School. 

The  North  Rodanthe  School  has  become  almost  a  model 
one-teaclier  school.  Although  isolated  on  a  barren  strip  of 
beach,  the  citizens  have  voted  a  rate  of  local  tax  equal  to 
the  highest  existing  in  Dare  County  for  the  maintenance  of 
schools.  The  school  has  been  furnished  with  patent  desks 
and  an  Ivers  &;  Pond  piano.  It  has  a  small  library  and  suf¬ 
ficient  black-board.  The  school  term  for  the  year  1922-23 
was  increased  from  six  to  eight  months. 

The  South  Rodanthe  School  has  completed  a  new  build¬ 
ing,  bought  teacher’s  desk,  a  school  organ,  and  supplied  other 
small  needs  of  the  school.  The  students  are  showing  results 
of  efficient  teaching. 


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The  Salvo  School  has  made  improvements  similar  to  those 
of  the  two  Rodanthe  schools.  In  this  small  community  there 
has  always  been  a  marked  school  spirit. 

The  Kill  Devil  Hill,  Colington,  and  Nags  Head  are 
all  widely  separated  schools  in  small  settlements.  They  have 
been  converted  from  schools  with  second  grade  teachers,  dis¬ 
contented  students  and  parents  and  the  necessity  of  forced 
attendance  by  compulsory  law,  into  efficient  schools  under 
experienced  teachers  with  State  certificates  who  hold  the 
students  to  almost  perfect  attendance,  and  into  schools  where 
the  children  are  making  their  grades  in  specified  time.  New 
school  buildings  at  Nags  Head  and  Colington  have  become 
a  necessity.  The  county  building  fund  has  received  from  the 
State  loan  fund  a  loan  of  $800  on  the  Nags  Head  building 
and  $600  on  the  Colington  building  with  blue  prints  for 
the  construction  of  the  same.  These  communities  are  to 
borrow  on  a  local  tax  the  remaining  fund  to  build  these 
schools,  and  carry  out  immediate  plans  for  construction  of 
the  buildings. 

In  1920  five  districts  were  taken  from  the  school  system 
of  Currituck  County  and  connected  with  that  of  Dare  County. 
One  of  these  districts,  a  small  coast  guard  school,  was  found 
to  be  an  illegal  expense  and  was  consolidated  with  the  legal 
school  district.  The  school  terms  of  three  of  these  districts 
have  been  extended  from  six  to  seven  months;  patent  desks 


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to  the  amount  of  $240  purchased,  and  new  teachers’  desks. 
Teachers  with  experience  and  State  certificates  have  been 
employed.  In  these  districts  the  buildings  are  in  excellent 
repair.  Several  of  the  teachers  employed  have  lived  and 
worked  in  this  township  year  after  year,  and  the  results  of 
their  earnest  efforts  are  notable.  There  is  a  large  oppor¬ 
tunity  for  consolidation  and  organization  of  a  junior  high 
school  in  this,  the  Atlantic  Township. 

Among  the  small  schools  whose  records  for  efficiency  are 
outstanding,  the  Manns  Harbor  School  is  noticeable.  Dur¬ 
ing  the  past  two  years  this  school  has  received  complete  re¬ 
pairs,  paint  outside  and  in,  and  several  additions  to  school 
equipment.  The  teachers  employed  have  remained  for  three 
successive  years,  were  well  prepared  to  do  efficient  work  and 
have  completed  the  grades  in  such  a  manner  that  children 
from  this  school  could  be  taken  into  any  standard  school  and 
do  successful  grade  work. 

Through  the  local  tax  of  the  district,  the  school  term  at 
Manns  Harbor  has  been  lengthened  to  seven  and  a  half 
months. 

The  Stumpy  Point  school  community  has  an  earnestness 
of  purpose  and  a  breath  of  view  that  is  enabling  them  to 
overcome  the  obstacles  of  the  isolation  of  their  village.  In 
1920-21  they  rebuilt  an  old  school  building,  enlarging  it 
from  a  two-  to  a  four-teacher  school.  The  labor  in  construc¬ 
tion  of  this  building  was  done  by  volunteer  service.  Item 


d  r  e  d  and  Twenty-three 


after  item  of  school  equipment  has  been  added  to  this  build¬ 
ing.  When  it  was  realized  that  the  average  attendance  in 
their  school  did  not  justify  the  number  of  teachers  that  they 
desired  in  their  school,  the  community  raised  their  own 
funds  and  secured  a  teacher  who  was  competent  to  teach 
their  children  through  the  first  two  high  school  grades.  This 
made  it  possible  for  students  who  heretofore  could  not  receive 
training  beyond  the  seventh  grade  to  be  able  now  to  get  some 
aid  through  the  ninth  grade.  The  school  term  has  been 
lengthened. 

At  East  Lake  during  1920-21  the  school  building  was  en¬ 
larged  and  one  teacher  added,  making  this  a  three-teacher 
school.  This  school  could  rapidly  grow  into  a  four-teacher 
school  were  it  not  for  the  distance  from  the  school  that  a 
large  percent  of  the  children  live.  The  very  unsatisfactory 
roads  have  presented  a  problem  in  transportation,  vet  during 
the  school  term  of  1923-24  a  school  truck  will  be  used  at 
East  Lake  for  the  first  time. 

In  Dare  County  there  is  only  one  colored  community.  The 
school  of  this  community  has  three  teachers.  The  people 
have  during  the  past  year  given  over  to  the  County  school 
system  an  old  privately  owned  building,  and  combining  their 
forces,  have,  with  aid  of  the  Rosenwald  Fund,  constructed  a 
building  containing  four  standard  size  class  rooms,  two  in¬ 
dustrial  rooms  and  an  auditorium.  The  building  follows  a 
Rosenwald  plan. 


Issued  by  The  Dare  C  o  u  n  t  y  Board  of  Education 


15 


IF 

If  you  can  keep  your  head  when  all  about  you 
Are  losing  theirs  and  blaming  it  on  you; 

If  you  can  trust  yourself  when  all  men  doubt  you 
But  make  allowances  for  their  doubting  too; 

If  you  can  wait  and  not  be  tired  with  waiting, 

Or  being  lied  about,  don’t  deal  in  lies, 

Or  being  hated,  don’t  give  way  to  hating, 

And  yet  don’t  look  too  good,  nor  talk  too  wise; 


If  you  can  dream  and  not  make  dreams  your  master; 

If  you  can  think  and  not  make  thought  your  aim; 
If  you  can  meet  with  triumph  and  disaster 
And  treat  those  two  impostors  just  the  same; 

If  you  can  bear  to  hear  the  truth  you’ve  spoken, 
Twisted  by  knaves  to  make  a  trap  for  fools, 

Or  watch  the  things  you  gave  your  life  to  broken, 
And  stoop  and  build  ’em  up  with  wornout  tools; 


If  you  can  talk  with  crowds  and  keep  your  virtue, 

Or  walk  with  kings — nor  lose  the  common  touch, 

If  neither  foes  nor  loving  friends  can  hurt  you, 

If  all  men  count  with  you,  but  none  too  much; 

If  you  can  fill  the  unforgiving  minute 

With  sixty  seconds’  worth  of  distance  run, 

Yours  is  the  victory  and  everything  that’s  in  it, 

And — what  is  more — you’ll  be  a  good  school  man,  my  son 

(With  due  apologies  to  Kipling.) 


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COUNTY- WIDE  SCHOOL  PROJECTS 


Each,  of  the  past  three  school  years  has  had  a  definite  pro¬ 
ject  by  which  something  permanent  might  be  left  to  the 
county  or  State  through  the  school  efforts. 

In  1921  under  the  cooperative  work  of  the  Dare  County 
school  officials,  the  State  Board  of  Education  and  the  His¬ 
torical  Commission,  a  five  reel  historical  picture  was  made 
of  the  early  attempts  of  the  English  to  colonize  America. 
The  first  two  colonies  sent  by  the  English  to  America  were 
settled  on  Roanoke  Island  under  Ralph  Lane  in  1585  and 
under  John  White  in  1587.  These  colonies  were  overcome 
by  the  hardships  of  the  new  land,  yet  there  were  five  voyages 
made  to  Roanoke  Island  between  1584  and  1585,  and  the 
quaint  letters  of  glowing  description,  the  detailed  maps  and 
records  of  the  brave  attempts  of  these  people  stirred  other 
Englishmen  to  attempt  settlements  in  the  wonderful  new 


country.  In  telling  the  story  of  these  attempts  at  settlement 
through  moving  pictures  the  Roanoke  Island  people  were 
perhaps  the  first  in  America  to  portray  their  history  in  this 
manner. 

In  1922  a  health  campaign  was  carried  on  throughout  the 
county  with  trained  nurses  from  the  State  Board  of  Health. 
Each  child  in  the  school  system  had  a  simple  physical  exam¬ 
ination,  and  in  each  school  talks  were  made  on  health  habits. 
In  May  the  work  was  brought  to  a  climax  through  a  tonsillar 
and  adenoid  clinic  held  at  the  county  seat.  In  this  clinic 
under  two  doctors,  fourteen  nurses  and  an  orderly,  ninety- 
four  children  were  operated  on  for  tonsils  or  adenoids. 

The  heaviest  project  of  1923  has  been  that  of  gaining 
greater  class  room  efficiency  and  of  completing  the  improve¬ 
ment  of  buildings. 


THE  COUNTY  COMMENCEMENT 


For  three  years  a  series  of  county  and  group  commence¬ 
ments  have  been  carried  out  that  have  been  of  unspeakable 
value  to  the  educational  work  of  the  county  as  well  as  have 
the  tendency  to  bring  the  scattered  communities  together 


with  vital  interests  in  common.  Since  the  beginning  of  these 
commencements  Manteo  has  entertained  three,  Buxton  one 
and  Hatteras  one.  At  these  meetings  marked  ability  has  been 
shown  by  the  children  in  general  achievement  and  athletic 
contests. 


Issued  by  The  Dare 


County  Board  of  Education 


17 


THE  PARENT-TEACHER  ASSOCIATION 


In  the  fall  of  1920  the  Parent-Teacher  Association  was 
organized  in  nine  of  the  larger  districts.  The  organizations 
have  in  general  lived  and  been  a  vital  force  in  school  de¬ 
velopment.  The  membership  has  averaged  approximately 
three  hundred  in  the  county,  and  other  than  the  cooperation 
this  organization  has  brought  about  between  teachers  and 


parents,  it  has  raised  in  funds  for  the  school  needs  in  the 
various  communities  about  two  thousand  dollars.  Pianos 
and  organs  have  been  bought,  libraries  begun,  teachers’  and 
students’  desks  installed,  extra  paint,  window  shades  and 
various  other  needs  of  the  schools  met,  some  things  in  one 
district,  some  in  others,  where  there  was  not  district  funds 
to  cover  all  of  the  requirements  in  better  equipped  schools. 


1920-23  Teachers  Who  Have  Rendered  Loyal  Service  in 
Dare  County  from  Two  to  Ten  Years 


L.  R.  Williford . 

Virginia  Braswell . 

Helen  De  V.  Askew . 

Mrs.  Essie  Newsome  Wescott 
Mrs.  Naomi  Daniels  Wescott.. 

Fannie  Long . 

Mrs.  C.  H.  Grady . 

Claudia  Sanderlin . 

Nora  Baum . 

Callie  Jones . 


White  Teachers 

Home  Address 


Fayetteville,  N.  C. 
.Whitakers,  N.  C. 
.Ahoskie,  N.  C. 
.Mitchel,  Ga. 
.Manteo,  N.  C. 
.Southmoht,  N.  C. 
.Manteo,  N.  C. 
..Kitty  Hawk,  N.  C. 
.Kitty  Hawk,  N.  C. 
..Manteo,  N.  C. 


Mary  Dough . 

Mrs.  U.  S.  Meekins 
Mrs.  Lina  Capps . 

C.  P.  Gray . 

Mary  Scarborough. 
L.  Sigsbee  Miller.... 
Mrs.  A.  S.  Austin... 

Maud  Peele . 

Kansas  Hooper . 


Home  Address 
Manteo,  N.  C. 
.Colington,  N.  C. 
.Elizabeth  City,  N.  C. 

R.  E.  D. 

.Buxton,  N.  C. 
Wanchese,  N.  C. 
..Avon,  N.  C. 

.Hatteras,  N.  C. 
.Hatteras,  N.  C. 
..Stumpy  Point,  N.  C. 


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Mrs.  Minnie  Fulcher.... 
Myrtle  Austin  Willis.. 

Ida  Midqett . 

Salina  Gray . 

Matilda  Dough . 

Bessie  Aydlette . 

Mrs.  Carrie  B.  Whitson 
Mary  Midgett . 


Home  Address 

. Frisco,  FL  C. 

. Frisco,  FT.  C. 

.......Manteo,  FT.  C. 

. Salvo,  FT.  C. 

. Manteo,  FT.  C. 

. Poplar  Branch,  FT.  C. 

. Duck,  F".  C. 

. . Mashoes,  N.  C. 


Amanda  Pinner.. 
Frances  Dough... 
Clyde  Houghton 

E.  W.  Mann . 

Blanch  Hooper.. 
Edith  Meekins-. 
Sybil  Miller . 


Home  Address 

. East  Lake,  F\  C. 

. Manteo,  FT.  C. 

. Columbia,  FT.  C. 

. . FTorfolk,  Ya. 

. Stumpy  Point,  H.  C. 

. Stumpy  Point,  H\  C. 

. Buxton,  FT.  C. 


Ella  May  Dunbar. 


. Manteo,  FI.  C. 

Lelia  Pigford . 


Colored 

O.  E.  Woodley . Manteo,  N.  C. 

. . Manteo,  FT.  C. 


Issued  by  The  D  are  County  Board  of  Education 


19 


FINANCIAL  REPORT 


RECEIPTS  JULY  1920-1923  DISBURSEMENTS 


1920-21 

1921-22 

1922-23 

1920-21 

1921-22 

1922-23 

Received  general  property  and 

Paid  teachers’  salaries  . 

$25,688.27 

$26,885.67 

$27,863.00 

district  local  tax  . 

$11,174.33 

$22,461.70 

$16,410.66 

Superintendent’s  salary  . 

1,800.00 

1,800.00 

1,800.00 

State  Public  School  Fund  .  ... 

16,200.00 

19,962.14 

6,000.00 

Fuel  and  janitor  . . . . 

...  793.29 

831.55 

1,289.34 

Fines,  penalties  . 

37.00 

202.44 

Supplies  and  equipment  . 

518.23 

425.56 

685.15 

State  summer  schools  . 

650.00 

1,943.00 

9,473.44 

Repairs  and  building  . 

1,702.00 

1,825.80 

11,519.22 

Loan,  State  Library  Fund  . 

15.00 

22.00 

20.00 

Expenses  of  Superintendent  .... 

111.91 

94.22 

143.80 

Loan,  State  summer  schools  .... 

230.00 

510.00 

240.00 

Census  . 

42.12 

51.66 

Private  donations  for  lengthen- 

County  Board  . 

81.50 

55.00 

132.10 

ing  school  terms,  etc . 

527.60 

131.25 

Treasurer  . 

349.80 

349.80 

349.80 

Borrowed  for  salaries  . . 

1,193.76 

390.00 

38.69 

Office  expense  . . . 

179.73 

130.84 

152.37 

State  high  school  appropriations 

1,000.00 

1,700.00 

Summer  School  . . 

480.00 

690.00 

Balance  from  1921-22  . 

6,689.00 

Supt.  Public  Welfare  . 

112.50 

Rosenwald  Fund  . 

1,300.00 

County  Commencement . 

114.72 

52.17 

Borrowed  money  and  interest 

Total  . . . 

$30,027.69 

$46,288.84 

$47,036.19 

paid  . 

1,801,84 

2,575.65 

3,453.28 

Disbursements  . 

33,777.91 

39,520.14 

50,138.55 

Transportation  of  pupils  . 

234.00 

Deficit,  1920-21  . 

$  3,750.22  Bl.  6,768.70  Df.  3,102.36 

$33,777.91 

$35,769.92 

$50,138.55 

Unpaid  from  State  Public  School  Fund  . 

..  9,252.00 

Deficit  1920-21  . 

3,750.22 

Estimated  balance  1922-23  budget  . 

..  $6,249.64 

Total  disbursements  . . 

$33,777.91 

$39,520.14 

$50,138.55 

T 


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Hundred  and  Twenty-three 


The  percentage  of  the  total  county-wide  tax 
levied  in  Dare  County  which  has  been  used  in 
schools : 

1920- 21  schools  used  58.5  per  cent 

1921- 22  “  “  61.5  per  cent 

1922- 23  “  “  52.9  per  cent 


In  a  recent  bulletin  issued  by  the  State  Board 
of  Education  statistics  showed  that  the  school  ex¬ 
pense  in  1921-22  per  child  in  Dare  and  neighbor¬ 
ing  counties  as  follows : 


Currituck  . 

.  $47.79 

Pamlico . . . 

. .  $51.09 

Pasquotank . 

.  $50.01 

Hyde  . 

Tyrrell  . . . . 

.  $35.28 

.  $36.92 

Dare . . . 

. . . .  $29.47 

Such  statistics  have  not  been  issued  for  1922-23. 


Manteo  High  School 


Issued  by  The  Dare  County  Board  of  Education 


21 


We  write  finis  only  to  this  chapter  of  the  Dare  Echo. 

The  progress  that  has  made  this  report  possible  must  be 
merely  in  its  beginning. 


The  Echo  — ■ Nineteen  Hundred  and  Twenty-three 


22 


THE  CHAMBER  of  COMMERCE 

MANTEO,  N.  C. 


WELCOMES  YOU  TO  DARE  COUNTY 
AND  HISTORICAL  ROANOKE  ISLAND 


Good  Churches,  Good  Schools  and  Hospitable  People 


*>• 


Issued  by  The  Dare  *  County  Board  of  Education 


23 


GRIFFIN  &  GRIFFIN 

PROVISION  BROKERS 
WHOLESALE  GROCERS 

MANTEO  -  -  N.  C. 


WANTED — for  Dare  County: 

Families  who  have  an  all  die  year  garden. 

More  children  who  are  fed  milk,  fruit  and  vegetables. 

A  home  demonstration  agent  who  will  teach  how  the  best 
foods  may  he  prepared  from  Dare  County  products. 
Fewer  loafers. 

Girls  who  are  trained  for  home-making. 

Boys  who  have  an  aim  and  the  will  power  to  strive  to 
reach  it. 


More  parents  who  know  their  children’s  lives  and  are 
training  them  in  their  homes. 

FEWER  SCHOOLS  AND  BETTER  SCHOOLS. 

Schools  with  financial  support  that  makes  possible  longer 
terms,  better  equipment,  more  efficient  work. 

Teacherages  that  would  make  the  living  conditions  of  the 
teacher  desirable. 

More  well  trained  teachers  to  fill  the  better  schools. 


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Hundred  and  Twenty-three 


THEO.  S.  MEEKINS 

Insurance  and  Real  Estate  Dealer 


Wood  Lands  and  Town  Lots  Bought  and  Sold. 
Life,  Fire  and  Auto  Insurance. 

Bonds  signed  up  to  $25,000.00. 


How  we  travel  to  Dare  County 

Eastern  Carolina  Transportation  Company 

STEAMER  TRENTON 

Leaves  Elizabeth  City  daily,  except  Sunday  1 :30  p.  m. 

“  Manteo  “  “  “  5:00  a.  m. 


Should  j 

You  | 

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i 

Spend  the  night  at  | 

Manteo;  then  for  rest,  j 

a  good  magazine,  good  j 

food,  meals  at  any  time,  I 

refreshing  drinks  I 

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1 

Go  to 


Q.  T.  WESTC01 T  &  SON 


! 
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Issued  by  The  Dare  County  Board 


of  Education 


25 


Business  is  Good 

! 

Manteo  Service  Station  j 

jumimnit  f 

AT 

Genuine  Ford  Ports 

Auto  Accessories 

I 

Mrs.  Jas.  A.  Evans’ 

MANTEO,  N.  C. 

C.  H.  GRADY  j 

IVHYt 

Attorney  and  Counsellor 
at  Lazu 

Our  Prices  are  Lowest 

Our  Stocks  Complete 

Our  Service  Prompt  and  Courteous 

MANTEO,  N.  C.  1 

For  comfortable 

Personal  Service 

DROP  IN  1 

MANTEO,  N.  C. 

Crawford- Davenport 
Barber  Shop 

Manteo ,  N.  C .  I 

I  Go 


to — 


L.  D.  Tarkington 

for  your  home  supply  of 

Groceries 


I 

j  ^ee 

I  T.  R.  CREEF 

| 

j  for  a  car  to  go  to  points 


on  Roanoke  Isla?id 


The  Echo  —  Nineteen  Hundred  and  Twenty-three 


26 


DARE  COUNTY  THROUGH  THE 

PEOPLE’S  ICE  AND  STORAGE  CO. 

Can  now  supply  the  demand  of  its  Fishermen 
and  other  Citizens  for  Ice  and  Cold  Storage 


TO 

Close  the  Week  of  Work 


[==nG=i 


THE  DARE  COUNTY  PEOPLE 
ON  SATURDAY  EVENING 

Drop  in  at 

The  Creef  Theater 

for  Movies 


Manteo  Machine  Shop 

Manteo,  N.  C. 


General  Repair  Work 
Marine  Hardware 


Agent  for  Ford  Cars — Genuine  Ford  Parts 


Issued  by  The  Dare  County  Board  of  Education 


27 


DARE  COUNTY  CAN  BE  SUPPLIED  BY 

B.  B.  FEARING  &  CO. 

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN 

HAY ,  GRAIN ,  FLOUR ,  GROCERIES 
- CONFECTIONS ~ 


MANTEO 


N.  C. 


!  Tranquil  House 


THE  ESTABLISHED  HOTEL 
OF 

MANTEO,  N.  C. 

WITH  HOME- LIKE  ATMOSPHERE 

Continues 

TO  CATER  TO  THE  NEEDS 

of 

THE  TRAVELING  PUBLIC 


EVANS  BROTHERS 


Fancy  and  Staple  Groceries,  Dry  Goods, 
Notions,  Shoes,  Corn,  Oats,  Feed,  Fertilizer, 
Garden  Seed,  Paints,  Plardware,  Crockery 


MANTEO,  N.  C. 


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K+ 


VIRGINIA  DARE  SEA-FOOD  CORPORATION 

Wholesale  Dealers  and  Shippers  of 

Fresh  Fish,  Oysters,  Clams  and  Crab  Meat 


MANTEO,  N.  C. 


FORD  SEA  FOOD  CO. 


i 


—CRAB  MEAT— 

j  HARD  AND  SOFT  CRABS 

j  OYSTERS,  CLAMS,  TERRAPIN,  SCALLOPS 


Wholesale  Shippers 


Are  You  Coming  to  Manteo  Shopping? 


Then  buy  your  SHOES  and  DRY  GOODS  from 


Miss  Sophia  Tillett 


J.  B.  DAILEY  j 

I 

Construction  of  Buildings  | 


AND 


All  Building  Material 


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29 


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CARSON  W.  DAVIS 

DEPARTMENT  STORE 


Dependable  Merchandise 


Equal  to  the  finest  Store  South 

In  1906  my  total  floor  space  was 

of  Norfolk.  Shows  you  daily  New 

1200  square  feet.  In  1923  I  occupy 

York’s  Newest  in  Wearing  Apparel. 

4800  square  feet— two  complete  floors. 

You’ll  be  proud  to  say:  “I  bought 
it  from  Davis.” 

My  business  built  on  values.  :  : 

CARSON  W.  DAVIS 

MANTEO,  N.  C. 

EVERYTHING  TO  WEAR 


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and  Twenty  -  three 


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MANTEO  SUPPLY  COMPANY 

Builder  and  Marine  Hardware 
GROCERIES,  FEED,  SEED,  FERTILIZER 

We  are  prepared  to  serve  you  promptly,  courteously  and 
economically.  Mail  orders  solicited. 


I  Your  Kitchen  or  your  Kar  'Tour  sense  of  the  beautiful 


NEEDS  SUPPLIES  FROM 

E.  E.  MEEKINS 

GROCERIES  AND  GRAIN 
TEXAS  OIL  CO.  PRODUCTS 

MANTEO,  N.  C. 


SHOULD  ATTRACT  YOU  TO  THE 

NOTIONS  AND  MILLINERY 

of 

MRS.  G.  T.  WESTCOTT 

MANTEO,  N.  C. 


PEOPLE’S  DRUG  STORE 

Drugs,  Toilet  Articles,  Magazines,  Kodaks  and  Supplies 

MANTEO,  N.  C. 


JONES  BROTHERS 

MODERN  BAKERY 

ICE  CREAM  MANUFACTURERS 
CAFE  SODA  FOUNTAIN 

MANTEO,  N.  C. 


Issued  by  The  Dare  County  Board 


of  Education 


Strength 

Security 

Service 

Our  new  building, 
modern  equipment, 
and  personal  inter¬ 
est  in  your  welfare 
places  us  in  a  posi¬ 
tion  to  render  every 
service  consistent 
with  safe  Banking 
practice.  Our  motto 
is,  “Service  for  Dare 
County  and  its  peo¬ 
ple.” 

The  forecast  you 
know  for  the  man 
with  a  Bank  account 
is:  “Fair  today  and 
continued  sunshine.” 


BANK  of  MANTEO 

MANTEO,  N.  C. 


Fair 

Faithful 

Finances 


Pay  your  obliga¬ 
tions  with  a  check 
on  the  Bank  of  Man- 
teo  and  you  have  a 
permanent  receipt. 
No  dispute,  no  loss, 
nor  waste  of  time 
counting  change. 

When  traveling,  let 
us  supply  you  with 
travelers  cheques, 
the  only  safe  and 
convenient  currency. 

A  savings  account 
earns  money  while 
you  sleep  and  rest. 
Now  is  the  time  to 
start  one  and  be  pre¬ 
pared  for  that  rainy 
day. 


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R.  C.  Evans,  President 

L.  N.  Midgett,  Vice-President 


R.  Bruce  Etheridge,  Cashier 
D.  E.  Evans,  Assistant  Cashier 


32 


The  Echo 


Nineteen 


Hundred  and  Twenty-three 


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Wi anchese 

A  community  of  surpassing 
attractiveness,  located  on 
Southern  Roanoke  Island 

Invites 

the  passing  visitor  to  loiter 
there. 


W.  C.  GASKILL  and  CO. 


offers  to  IV, anchese 


STAPLE  AND  FANCY  GROCERIES 

I.  H.  SCARBOROUGH 

JV anchese  Marine  Railway 

%"■ 

Boat  Building  and  all  kinds  of  Repair  Work 
Fishing  and  Gunning  Boats  a  Specialty 

W ANCHESE,  N.  C. 


. 


FOR  USE  ONLY  IN 

THE  NORTH  CAROLINA  COLLECTION 


1o.  A-368 


